‘I Can’t Monitor Like This!’ Inside Polymarket’s Disastrous DC Bar Opening

WASHINGTON—Polymarket’s “Situation Room” felt tailor-made for this town. A pop-up bar where political operatives, journalists, and insiders could gather beneath glowing screens tracking real-time odds on elections, global events, and breaking news. It’s likely that whichever of the prediction market’s employees came up with the idea was inspired by a February 28 post on X, ...